kaolinite

English

Kaolinite

Etymology

From kaolin +‎ -ite (see kaolin for more).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kaolinite (countable and uncountable, plural kaolinites)

1. (mineralogy) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄; one of the kaolin group of minerals.

Synonyms

• kaolin, kaoline, lithomarge, lithomarga, china clay, paper clay

Translations

Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄

• Catalan: caolinita f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高嶺石／高岭石 (gāolǐngshí), 觀音土／观音土 (zh) (Guānyīntǔ)

• Czech: kaolinit m
• Esperanto: kaolinito
• Estonian: kaoliniit
• Finnish: kaoliniitti (fi)
• French: kaolinite (fr) f
• German: Kaolinit m
• Hindi: चीनी मिट्टी f (cīnī miṭṭī)
• Hungarian: kaolinit (hu)
• Italian: caolinite f
• Japanese: カオリナイト (kaorinaito)
• Kazakh: ақсаздық (aqsazdyq), каолинит (kaolinit)
• Macedonian: каолини́т m (kaolinít)
• Polish: kaolinit (pl) m
• Portuguese: caulinita (pt) f
• Romanian: caolinit (ro) n
• Russian: каолини́т (ru) m (kaolinít)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: каолѝнӣт m

  Roman: kaolìnīt (sh) m

• Slovak: kaolinit m
• Spanish: caolinita f
• Turkish: kaolinit (tr)

See also

• dickite
• halloysite
• nacrite

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Kaolinite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “kaolinite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Noun

kaolinite f (plural kaolinites)

1. (mineralogy) kaolinite

Further reading

• “kaolinite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.